In 2015, Jason Day was playing golf of an almost unfathomably high standard. In February, he won the Farmers Insurance Open, before a remarkable three-month stretch from July to September that saw him claim the Canadian Open, the US PGA Championship in record-breaking fashion and two FedExCup play-off events. His triumph at the BMW Championship, the penultimate event of the season, also propelled him to World No.1 for the first time. He picked up where he left off in 2016, winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the WGC-Match Play and the Players Championship, a run of form described as “Tiger-esque” by compatriot Adam Scott.
Unfortunately for Day, the following years would be filled with injury and off-course concerns, despite a two-win season in 2018. Chronic back issues and his mum’s illness, which led to her untimely passing earlier this year, combined to facilitate a
